{"record_type":"pith_number_record","schema_url":"https://pith.science/schemas/pith-number/v1.json","pith_number":"pith:2026:GA3CHH4I7C7F6HOSZZPN6Q3DZB","short_pith_number":"pith:GA3CHH4I","schema_version":"1.0","canonical_sha256":"3036239f88f8be5f1dd2ce5edf4363c86c7cce02d9fdc542a1f3a792e847701a","source":{"kind":"arxiv","id":"2604.02220","version":2},"attestation_state":"computed","paper":{"title":"Visual Decoding Operators: Towards a Compositional Theory of Visualization Perception","license":"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":[],"primary_cat":"cs.HC","authors_text":"Alex Kale, Eugene Wu, Matthew Kay, Remco Chang, Sheng Long","submitted_at":"2026-04-02T16:11:53Z","abstract_excerpt":"Prior work on perceptual effectiveness has decomposed visualizations into smaller common units (e.g., channels such as angle, position, and length) to establish rankings. While useful, these decompositions lack the computational structure to predict performance for new visualization x task combinations, requiring new experiments for each. We propose an alternative unit of analysis: operationalizing quantitative visualization interpretation as sequences of composable visual decoding operators. Using probability density function (PDF) and cumulative distribution function (CDF) charts, we examine"},"verification_status":{"content_addressed":true,"pith_receipt":true,"author_attested":false,"weak_author_claims":0,"strong_author_claims":0,"externally_anchored":false,"storage_verified":false,"citation_signatures":0,"replication_records":0,"graph_snapshot":true,"references_resolved":false,"formal_links_present":false},"canonical_record":{"source":{"id":"2604.02220","kind":"arxiv","version":2},"metadata":{"license":"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","primary_cat":"cs.HC","submitted_at":"2026-04-02T16:11:53Z","cross_cats_sorted":[],"title_canon_sha256":"6c01c9c6995c9f302bef277f48886732b0289a2a14bb8792d8ff7c6035ac8ab0","abstract_canon_sha256":"f111ccb415e5fee3d26b99c09d51f7be3ea42f72a9fe98b2502d64af7710e565"},"schema_version":"1.0"},"receipt":{"kind":"pith_receipt","key_id":"pith-v1-2026-05","algorithm":"ed25519","signed_at":"2026-07-03T01:17:20.090880Z","signature_b64":"+WKoh7vqPAmukUb54NxaT9s7YKxB1ibcINXycKOK8oW+vt0JpqYnpsfA3bdlO82Z68XNf2XMJSTffautBtjiBw==","signed_message":"canonical_sha256_bytes","builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1","receipt_version":"0.3","canonical_sha256":"3036239f88f8be5f1dd2ce5edf4363c86c7cce02d9fdc542a1f3a792e847701a","last_reissued_at":"2026-07-03T01:17:20.090396Z","signature_status":"signed_v1","first_computed_at":"2026-07-03T01:17:20.090396Z","public_key_fingerprint":"8d4b5ee74e4693bcd1df2446408b0d54"},"graph_snapshot":{"paper":{"title":"Visual Decoding Operators: Towards a Compositional Theory of Visualization Perception","license":"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":[],"primary_cat":"cs.HC","authors_text":"Alex Kale, Eugene Wu, Matthew Kay, Remco Chang, Sheng Long","submitted_at":"2026-04-02T16:11:53Z","abstract_excerpt":"Prior work on perceptual effectiveness has decomposed visualizations into smaller common units (e.g., channels such as angle, position, and length) to establish rankings. While useful, these decompositions lack the computational structure to predict performance for new visualization x task combinations, requiring new experiments for each. We propose an alternative unit of analysis: operationalizing quantitative visualization interpretation as sequences of composable visual decoding operators. Using probability density function (PDF) and cumulative distribution function (CDF) charts, we examine"},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"2604.02220","kind":"arxiv","version":2},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"integrity":{"clean":true,"summary":{"advisory":0,"critical":0,"by_detector":{},"informational":0},"endpoint":"/pith/2604.02220/integrity.json","findings":[],"available":true,"detectors_run":[],"snapshot_sha256":"c28c3603d3b5d939e8dc4c7e95fa8dfce3d595e45f758748cecf8e644a296938"},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"},"aliases":[{"alias_kind":"arxiv","alias_value":"2604.02220","created_at":"2026-07-03T01:17:20.090454+00:00"},{"alias_kind":"arxiv_version","alias_value":"2604.02220v2","created_at":"2026-07-03T01:17:20.090454+00:00"},{"alias_kind":"doi","alias_value":"10.48550/arxiv.2604.02220","created_at":"2026-07-03T01:17:20.090454+00:00"},{"alias_kind":"pith_short_12","alias_value":"GA3CHH4I7C7F","created_at":"2026-07-03T01:17:20.090454+00:00"},{"alias_kind":"pith_short_16","alias_value":"GA3CHH4I7C7F6HOS","created_at":"2026-07-03T01:17:20.090454+00:00"},{"alias_kind":"pith_short_8","alias_value":"GA3CHH4I","created_at":"2026-07-03T01:17:20.090454+00:00"}],"events":[],"event_summary":{},"paper_claims":[],"inbound_citations":{"count":0,"internal_anchor_count":0,"sample":[]},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"sample":[],"anchors":[]},"links":{"html":"https://pith.science/pith/GA3CHH4I7C7F6HOSZZPN6Q3DZB","json":"https://pith.science/pith/GA3CHH4I7C7F6HOSZZPN6Q3DZB.json","graph_json":"https://pith.science/api/pith-number/GA3CHH4I7C7F6HOSZZPN6Q3DZB/graph.json","events_json":"https://pith.science/api/pith-number/GA3CHH4I7C7F6HOSZZPN6Q3DZB/events.json","paper":"https://pith.science/paper/GA3CHH4I"},"agent_actions":{"view_html":"https://pith.science/pith/GA3CHH4I7C7F6HOSZZPN6Q3DZB","download_json":"https://pith.science/pith/GA3CHH4I7C7F6HOSZZPN6Q3DZB.json","view_paper":"https://pith.science/paper/GA3CHH4I","resolve_alias":"https://pith.science/api/pith-number/resolve?arxiv=2604.02220&json=true","fetch_graph":"https://pith.science/api/pith-number/GA3CHH4I7C7F6HOSZZPN6Q3DZB/graph.json","fetch_events":"https://pith.science/api/pith-number/GA3CHH4I7C7F6HOSZZPN6Q3DZB/events.json","actions":{"anchor_timestamp":"https://pith.science/pith/GA3CHH4I7C7F6HOSZZPN6Q3DZB/action/timestamp_anchor","attest_storage":"https://pith.science/pith/GA3CHH4I7C7F6HOSZZPN6Q3DZB/action/storage_attestation","attest_author":"https://pith.science/pith/GA3CHH4I7C7F6HOSZZPN6Q3DZB/action/author_attestation","sign_citation":"https://pith.science/pith/GA3CHH4I7C7F6HOSZZPN6Q3DZB/action/citation_signature","submit_replication":"https://pith.science/pith/GA3CHH4I7C7F6HOSZZPN6Q3DZB/action/replication_record"}},"created_at":"2026-07-03T01:17:20.090454+00:00","updated_at":"2026-07-03T01:17:20.090454+00:00"}